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Nigeria
DMO Lists N162.5bn Sovereign Sukuk On NGX
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja and OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos The Debt Management Office (DMO) has listed the N162.557 billion seven-year FGN Ijarah Sukuk with a rental rate of 11.20 per cent on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited. The third Sovereign Sukuk, which was issued on June 16, 2020, and listed on ...
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Nigeria
MAKING IT, SPENDING IT: MAKE OR MAR MONEY CHOICES
Small Businesses: Retaining Existing Customers Could Be The Magic Wand BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos Being an outstanding entrepreneur is a herculean task. Making enough income from a business is not a child’s play. While it is easy to attract customers at face value, retaining those customers is where most business ...
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Nigeria
EFCC To Partner NISS On Intelligence Gathering
By Ejike Ejike, Abuja The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdurasheed Bawa said the commission will partner with the National Institute For Security Studies, NISS, in the fight against corruption. The EFCC boss made the promised when the management of the institute paid a courtesy ...
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Nigeria
Senate Summons Auditor-General Over Unaudited NIS’ Accounts
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The Senate Committee on Finance has summoned the Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr. Aghughu Arhotomhenia, to appear before it next week Tuesday, to explain reasons it had not given guidelines for the auditing of the accounts of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) since 2017 despite ...
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Russia
Israeli phone-hacking firm Cellebrite halts sales to Russia, Belarus in wake of Haaretz report
Cellebrite will stop selling hacking tools to Russia and Belarus after its technology was used against minorities, pro-democracy activists and opposition forces
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Brasile USA
Chile’s economy shrinks 5.8% in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic: the worst drop in four decades
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The novel coronavirus pandemic, currently experiencing a second wave in Chile, caused the country's gross domestic product (GDP) to contract 5.8% in 2020, the worst drop in four decades, since the 1982 crisis, the Central Bank reported on Thursday. "The impact of the health crisis ...
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Brasile USA Bolivia
Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry advises U.S. and Brazil not to “intervene” in its internal affairs
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This Thursday, March 18th, the Bolivian Foreign Ministry has summoned representatives of the United States and Brazil and has asked them to "abstain" from interference and "not to intervene" in its internal affairs. As for the United States, the meeting was attended by Charisse Phillips, ...
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Brasile USA
Mercado Libre’s unique approach to corporate support of forest restoration in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The tech sector’s fascination with tree restoration as a climate solution apparently isn’t unique to U.S. companies. Latin America’s largest e-commerce marketplace — Mercado Libre, a company with roughly twice the market capitalization of eBay at US$78 billion — is putting part of the proceeds ...
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Uruguay
Fondos de inversión de Nobilis superaron expectativas de rentabilidad pese a la pandemia
En 2020, el fondo "Estrategia Crecimiento" alcanzó US$ 100 millones y un rendimiento de 11,87%, mientras que "Estrategia Ingresos" administró US$ 70 millones y obtuvo una rentabilidad de 4,54%.
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Brasile
Dólar contraria exterior e cai após alta da Selic
Um dia após o Banco Central (BC) aumentar a taxa Selic (juros básicos da economia) pela primeira vez em quase seis anos, o dólar contrariou as tensões no mercado externo. A divisa caiu pela terceira sessão seguida. A bolsa, que ontem (17) tinha subido, caiu nesta quinta-feira (18), influenciada pelo ...